Media Brief

I'm the BBC's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

In the Guardian Maggie Brown considers the appointment of Danny Cohen as controller of BBC1.

Martha Lane Fox is stepping up her campaign to get Britain online reports the Independent.

Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke tells the Guardian he thinks this government will be "genuinely supportive of the BBC....which the Labour government wasn't in the later years". He believes salaries at the BBC have got far too high.

The Daily Mail says Felicity Kendall's splits on Strictly Come Dancing "brought a collective gasp from the nation's living rooms". It says the 64-year-old actress puts it down to yoga and pilates and that she and Pamela Stephenson have given the show "pensioner-power". But Paul Daniels was voted out.

The BBC newspaper review says the papers consider George Osborne's likely strategy as he unveils what the Financial Times suggests could be "the mother of all negative stories".

Saturday's Guardian reports that Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine TV is to sue Richard Desmond over a so-far unpaid bill for a Channel 5 show, Don't Stop Believing. It says other independent producers have had their bills queried by the channel's new owner.

Saturday's Daily Mail says the BBC has opened itself up to accusations of dumbing down after appointing BBC Three controller Danny Cohen to run BBC1. But BBC Vision director Jana Bennett hailed Mr Cohen as "one of the most talented TV executives of his generation". She said BBC Three, once heavily criticised, has been named channel of the year for the past three years.

The Guardian says the BBC has cut the amount it pays senior managers by more than 10%, the corporation confirmed on Friday. It published figures showing the number of senior managers has dropped from 639 to 592, while their pay bill has fallen by 12.2%

Links in full

• Maggie Brown | Guardian | Will Danny Cohen have youth on his side at BBC1?
• Ian Burrell | Independent | Britain's online evangelist does it to spread the joy
• Jane Martinson | Guardian | Greg Dyke: 'I've got a lot of time for Jeremy Hunt'
• Rachael Quigley | Daily Mail | Flexible Felicity Kendal puts impressive Strictly display down to Pilates
• BBC | Newspaper review
• James Robinson | Guardian | Elisabeth Murdoch to sue Richard Desmond over bill for Channel Five show
• Daily Mail | BBC risks dumbing down row as executive behind Snog, Marry and Avoid moves to run BBC1
• James Robinson | Guardian | BBC cuts senior management pay by more than 10%

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